Population in Ireland compared to Moldova: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Moldova	Ireland	Moldova
1960	2,828,600	2,058,020	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,103,327	-0.15%	2.2%
1962	2,836,050	2,147,227	0.41%	2.09%
1963	2,852,650	2,188,895	0.59%	1.94%
1964	2,866,550	2,228,000	0.49%	1.79%
1965	2,877,300	2,265,287	0.38%	1.67%
1966	2,888,800	2,301,871	0.4%	1.61%
1967	2,902,450	2,337,695	0.47%	1.56%
1968	2,915,550	2,373,073	0.45%	1.51%
1969	2,932,650	2,408,469	0.59%	1.49%
1970	2,957,250	2,437,590	0.84%	1.21%
1971	2,992,050	2,460,611	1.18%	0.94%
1972	3,036,850	2,484,742	1.5%	0.98%
1973	3,085,950	2,510,584	1.62%	1.04%
1974	3,137,500	2,538,164	1.67%	1.1%
1975	3,189,550	2,566,998	1.66%	1.14%
1976	3,238,050	2,596,491	1.52%	1.15%
1977	3,282,200	2,626,298	1.36%	1.15%
1978	3,329,100	2,656,211	1.43%	1.14%
1979	3,373,750	2,683,035	1.34%	1.01%
1980	3,412,800	2,708,675	1.16%	0.96%
1981	3,453,000	2,735,987	1.18%	1.01%
1982	3,485,800	2,763,101	0.95%	0.99%
1983	3,510,600	2,791,207	0.71%	1.02%
1984	3,532,423	2,820,518	0.62%	1.05%
1985	3,538,082	2,850,787	0.16%	1.07%
1986	3,539,690	2,883,057	0.05%	1.13%
1987	3,540,057	2,916,306	0.01%	1.15%
1988	3,524,949	2,948,891	-0.43%	1.12%
1989	3,511,009	2,970,039	-0.4%	0.72%
1990	3,513,974	2,977,912	0.08%	0.27%
1991	3,534,235	2,981,566	0.58%	0.12%
1992	3,558,430	2,980,965	0.68%	-0.02%
1993	3,576,261	2,975,966	0.5%	-0.17%
1994	3,590,386	2,966,745	0.39%	-0.31%
1995	3,608,841	2,953,200	0.51%	-0.46%
1996	3,637,510	2,947,293	0.79%	-0.2%
1997	3,674,171	2,936,413	1.01%	-0.37%
1998	3,712,696	2,935,227	1.05%	-0.04%
1999	3,754,786	2,930,622	1.13%	-0.16%
2000	3,805,174	2,924,668	1.34%	-0.2%
2001	3,866,243	2,918,135	1.6%	-0.22%
2002	3,931,947	2,911,385	1.7%	-0.23%
2003	3,996,521	2,903,198	1.64%	-0.28%
2004	4,070,262	2,896,023	1.85%	-0.25%
2005	4,159,914	2,888,985	2.2%	-0.24%
2006	4,273,591	2,880,967	2.73%	-0.28%
2007	4,398,942	2,874,299	2.93%	-0.23%
2008	4,489,544	2,868,833	2.06%	-0.19%
2009	4,535,375	2,865,213	1.02%	-0.13%
2010	4,560,155	2,862,354	0.55%	-0.1%
2011	4,580,084	2,860,699	0.44%	-0.06%
2012	4,599,533	2,860,324	0.42%	-0.01%
2013	4,623,816	2,859,558	0.53%	-0.03%
2014	4,657,740	2,857,815	0.73%	-0.06%
2015	4,701,957	2,835,978	0.95%	-0.76%
2016	4,762,722	2,803,186	1.29%	-1.16%
2017	4,827,445	2,755,189	1.36%	-1.71%
2018	4,898,022	2,707,203	1.46%	-1.74%
2019	4,976,456	2,664,224	1.6%	-1.59%
2020	5,039,747	2,635,130	1.27%	-1.09%
2021	5,110,585	2,595,809	1.41%	-1.49%
2022	5,212,836	2,528,654	2%	-2.59%
2023	5,311,538	2,457,783	1.89%	-2.8%
2024	5,395,790	2,402,306	1.59%	-2.26%
2025	5,450,228	2,371,543	1.01%	-1.28%
2026	5,500,449	2,343,963	0.92%	-1.16%
2027	5,547,627	2,321,110	0.86%	-0.97%
2028	5,592,524	2,298,239	0.81%	-0.99%
2029	5,634,478	2,275,251	0.75%	-1%
2030	5,673,099	2,252,131	0.69%	-1.02%
2031	5,709,621	2,229,191	0.64%	-1.02%
2032	5,744,973	2,206,559	0.62%	-1.02%
2033	5,778,467	2,183,929	0.58%	-1.03%
2034	5,809,870	2,161,282	0.54%	-1.04%
2035	5,839,208	2,138,754	0.5%	-1.04%
2036	5,867,278	2,116,659	0.48%	-1.03%
2037	5,895,280	2,095,127	0.48%	-1.02%
2038	5,922,778	2,074,054	0.47%	-1.01%
2039	5,948,562	2,053,352	0.44%	-1%
2040	5,973,408	2,033,323	0.42%	-0.98%
2041	5,997,971	2,014,222	0.41%	-0.94%
2042	6,020,298	1,995,750	0.37%	-0.92%
2043	6,040,050	1,977,688	0.33%	-0.9%
2044	6,058,494	1,960,241	0.31%	-0.88%
2045	6,075,441	1,943,187	0.28%	-0.87%
2046	6,089,704	1,926,432	0.23%	-0.86%
2047	6,102,050	1,910,142	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	6,113,677	1,894,069	0.19%	-0.84%
2049	6,123,367	1,877,822	0.16%	-0.86%
2050	6,129,969	1,861,554	0.11%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people with a rank change from 121st to 119th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.